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Re: Costello is new AD

Post by SonomaCat » Tue May 10, 2016 10:25 pm

PHAT CAT wrote:Handing out awards to kids for just showing up.
That's the cliché du jour for the millennials. Brennan is in his 40s -- what the heck is wrong with these Gen Xers?



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Re: Costello is new AD

Post by Joe Bobcat » Wed May 11, 2016 1:40 am

I like how quickly MSU moved ahead with offering the position to Costello and how quickly he accepted. It seems to say that we had no doubt that we wanted him and that he had no doubt that he really wanted the position too.
The Brennan hiccup was just that a hiccup.


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Re: Costello is new AD

Post by catsrback76 » Wed May 11, 2016 3:37 am

Leon Costello, welcome to Bobcat Nation!!! Now get to work! :D







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Post by Cat in SoDak » Wed May 11, 2016 7:07 am

Having lived in Brookings for the last 16 years, I have seen the development of SDSU athletics firsthand, especially over the past few years. Justin Sell (AD) and his team are top class people and the work they have done here is phenomenal. I believe Mr. Costello will do an outstanding job and Bobcat athletics are in great hands.



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Re: Costello is new AD

Post by JackJD » Wed May 11, 2016 8:41 am

Congratulations on a great hire. SDSU will miss Leon Costello but I think everyone is happy he's been given the opportunity to lead at a great institution.

SDSU is completing its new 20,000-seat football stadium, the capstone on $100 million plus in athletics facilities improvements in about three years. Costello was a very important player in getting those improvements completed.

He's an ethical, hard-working guy that your staff and alums will appreciate.



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Re: Costello is new AD

Post by iaafan » Wed May 11, 2016 8:44 am

I've heard a ton of good things about Costello. Heard as soon as he accepted he caught up with the coaches tour up in Plentywood (or as we used to call it Plentyfar). He's fired up obviously.



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Re: Costello is new AD

Post by JackJD » Wed May 11, 2016 8:48 am

CatBlitz wrote:
VimSince03 wrote:https://twitter.com/argusmattz/status/730139562035580930
I don't know who Matt Zimmer or Justin Snell are but I like the endorsement.

*Nm, Snell is their AD.
Just for the record: Matt Zimmer is a sports writer on the Sioux Falls "Argus Leader" newspaper and he covers SDSU athletics. Justin Sell is SDSU's Athletics Director--great guy and he had lots of confidence in Costello.

Again, congratulations on hiring Leon Costello.
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Re: Costello is new AD

Post by iaafan » Wed May 11, 2016 8:53 am

Thanks JackJD. Thats a great endorsement from Sell. I'm amazed at what you've been able to do there.



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Re: Costello is new AD

Post by VimSince03 » Wed May 11, 2016 9:09 am

https://twitter.com/D1ticker/status/730412295960989696 https://twitter.com/richiemelby/status/730403199119564800


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Re: Costello is new AD

Post by iaafan » Wed May 11, 2016 9:28 am

And that's what someone who really WANTS the job sounds like. I'm guessing his and his family's facial expressions at his introduction with be in stark contrast to those of the Brennan's.



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Re: Costello is new AD

Post by VimSince03 » Wed May 11, 2016 9:35 am

iaafan wrote:And that's what someone who really WANTS the job sounds like. I'm guessing his and his family's facial expressions at his introduction with be in stark contrast to those of the Brennan's.
That's why I found it odd that some posters thought we needed to open a new search. The four other candidates all really, really wanted the job and would have loved to receive news that the job was back on the market yesterday morning.


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Re: Costello is new AD

Post by mslacatfan » Wed May 11, 2016 9:36 am

iaafan wrote:And that's what someone who really WANTS the job sounds like. I'm guessing his and his family's facial expressions at his introduction with be in stark contrast to those of the Brennan's.
Brennan has a mangina.


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Re: Costello is new AD

Post by catsrback76 » Wed May 11, 2016 10:12 am

iaafan wrote:And that's what someone who really WANTS the job sounds like. I'm guessing his and his family's facial expressions at his introduction with be in stark contrast to those of the Brennan's.
Yes, I am confident in Costello taking the bull by the horns and running with it. There's work to do, and it good work, so no more KB talk, it LC all the way now!!! =D^



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Re: Costello is new AD

Post by CelticCat » Wed May 11, 2016 10:39 am

Costello was the least "exciting" in terms of experience, but honestly the guy I thought might be able to do the best job. Experience at the FCS level, at a state university in a state with only two D1 programs, and in the best FCS football conference to boot, will translate well. Plus SDSU has got a lot rolling facility wise the last few years.

Yessir, welcome aboard Mr. Costello!


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Re: Costello is new AD

Post by Hawks86 » Wed May 11, 2016 10:47 am

He needs to find our own version of Dana Dykhouse and T. Denny Sanford.


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Re: Costello is new AD

Post by TomCat88 » Thu May 12, 2016 6:33 am

Hawks86 wrote:He needs to find our own version of Dana Dykhouse and T. Denny Sanford.
They're there. He just needs to convince them to contribute. What (who) were the biggest donations at SDSU? It's also worth noting that South Dakota has less people and SDSU a smaller enrollment. SD is 28 and Montana 38 in median income. Not sure what their/our average graduate makes.


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Re: Costello is new AD

Post by iaafan » Thu May 12, 2016 7:17 am

It would be even more encouraging if SDSU didn't have huge donors. Hopefully they did it with a just few very big donors and a lot of smaller donors. There's an MSU grad billionaire living in Bozeman, Denny Washington went to school at MSU for a short time, Beau Turner (Ted's son) went to MSU for a short time, but as someone mentioned in another thread, if their heart isn't into MSU football then they're not likely to donate. I don't think Oracle or anyone else will buy the naming rights (at least not at the price we were hoping for) since our televised games don't reach a large enough audience, but maybe they do. If there was a business in Montana that really made bank off Montanans it might be a different story.



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Re: Costello is new AD

Post by bobcat99 » Thu May 12, 2016 8:53 am

It's too bad Klein Gilhausen passed away (obviously for more reasons than this). Maybe ask his granddaughter.



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Re: Costello is new AD

Post by Hawks86 » Thu May 12, 2016 9:08 am

Add another Cargill family member to the list. Whitney MacMillan was given an honorary doctorate from MSU back in 2002.


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